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On Tuesday Superintendent Stuart Smith of the NSW Traffic and Highway Patrol said police believed Xiberras cleaned his vehicle and removed the woman's blood-stained clothes from his wheels shortly after the collision.

'At that location we believe a driver did get under the vehicle and then disposed of certain clothing items that may or may not have been blood-stained into a bin at that location,' he told 2GB radio.

Officers arrested him seven hours later. According to The Daily Telegraph, he told them he heard a 'sound' at the time of the incident but blamed it on a flat tyre.

The 36-year-old was arrested seven hours after the crash after allegedly leaving the scene in Brookvale, north Sydney, on Friday

Xiberras allegedly told police he thought a 'sound' he heard during the collision was caused by a flat tyre

Jo-Ann Thwaites, 60, (above with her late husband) was killed on Friday after being hit by the truck

Xiberras was later seen on CCTV (above) at a supermarket. Police claim he cleaned his truck and threw away the woman's clothes that had become trapped in his wheels

Mrs Thwaites (above with her grandchild) was at a pedestrian crossing when she was hit, police said

When officers raided the premises of the Lilydale Chickens, the company he works for, they found two vehicles whose speed limiters had been tampered with to allow them to travel faster, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Another truck was unregistered and 10 had 'considerable defects', it claimed.

Baida Poultry, Lilydale Chickens' parent company, said none of its vehicles breached safety standards. It said it would investigate any of those reportedly found by police.

The woman's death was described as 'dreadful' by police who said she had every right to be standing on the crossing where she was hit.

'It was a dreadful event, she was dragged by a second heavy vehicle for some period.

'She was on the pedestrian crossing she was legally entitled to be there,' said Supt Smith.

Mrs Thwaites had earlier dropped her own car off for a service and declined a lift from her son, preferring to walk outside.

Xiberras has been granted conditional bail and will appear in Manly Local Court on June 15.

Ms Thwaites was dragged 600m by another car after being left on the road in Brookvale, north Sydney (above)

Mrs Thwaites (above with her husband) had dropped her own car to a garage for servicing earlier that day and chose to walk